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LDAP subsystem failing to initialize on 5.0.a

mraugh — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:02:32 GMT

Hoping to get a pointer here. I've got a new install of Community 5.0.a and I'm trying to tie it to the NOAA Enterprise Directory, which is an LDAP directory (I believe it's iPlanet; not certain). With Apache it's pretty straightforward: I install ldap-stunnel, configure stunnel to connect to the

Re: LDAP subsystem failing to initialize on 5.0.a

jpotts — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:37:35 GMT

Try changing:


ldap.synchronization.active=false; 
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To:


ldap.synchronization.active=false
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The log that tipped me to that was:


Failed to convert property value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'boolean' for property 'active'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid boolean value [false;] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328) 
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Jeff

Re: LDAP subsystem failing to initialize on 5.0.a

mraugh — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:18:14 GMT

D'oh!!! Yeah, that was why the Authentication subsystem ldap1 wouldn't start. I also learned through much Googling that I needed to escape the equal signs in my userNameFormat, as in:

ldap.authentication.userNameFormat=uid\=%s,ou\=People,o\=noaa.gov

Once I did that and made the fix you caught, it worked.

Thanks!!!

<MR>